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Preludio 04:07
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Grande sacco 08:25
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Interludio 03:26
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Esposizione 07:30
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Legno 09:01
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Postludio 02:05
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Percussion 02:54
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Cello 03:48
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Trombone 03:04
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Saxophone 03:04
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Guitar 03:06
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Flute 02:53
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Clarinet 03:08
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Cretto 14:09

about

BlueRing Improvisers is a container for musicians and artists who feel the need to transcend what is already known to undertake a path of personal and collective research. We call it now music, the music that represents the expressive urgency of the moment (historical, cultural and personal) in which it is conceived, but also of the instant in which it is performed. Collaboration with artists from other disciplines is a usual element of our practice. We have worked over the years with graphic designers, painters, dancers, actors, visual artists. The focus on a non-musical artistic object serves us to find a common direction and a shared representation, to trigger new mental paths, to try new methods and test new ideas.

In this album we focused on the works of Italian artist Alberto Burri, who was a great experimenter of the 20th century, a revolutionary both in terms of the tools he used in his creative process and the materials that he shaped, usually unconventional, taken from extra-artistic contexts.

This is how Materia was born, an ensemble that not only draws its poetics from Burri, but also its methodological approach. We composed and improvised music with particular attention to putting the material element of sound at the centre of our research. We sought to enhance the gesture as a means of expression, creating a compositional-performative environment in which sounds and noises, musical instruments and objects, and a range of performing techniques coexist in balance. Moreover, chance and the only partial control of the physical aspects of sound play a fundamental role, while digging into the timbre of the single instrument.

After a preliminary study of Burri’s methods and aesthetics, we started from his works, using them as reference and inspiration for some compositions or using them directly as evocative scores, obtaining this way a collection of pieces organized by the materials used by Burri (Materia) and the timbral variety of the instruments (Creti).

With the help of extremely creative musicians, we were able to communicate deeply with our materials, working and living together for days in a Tuscan farmhouse surrounded by nature. During this period of artistic residence, we recorded the work that you can hear on this double album.

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released June 29, 2020

Tracks composed by Tobia Bondesan, Michele Bondesan, Giuseppe Sardina

Musicians:
Giancarlo Schiaffini: Trombone
Silvia Bolognesi: Double bass
Carlotta Vettori: Flute, Piccolo
Federica Ceccherini: Clarinet, bass clarinet
Tobia Bondesan: Alto, tenor, soprano saxophone
Tommaso Taurisano: Guitar, effects
Francesco Toninelli: Vibes, objects
Francesca Scigliuzzo: Cello
Michele Bondesan: Double Bass
Giuseppe Sardina: Drums, percussions, objects


Recorded by Griffin Alan Rodriguez at Agriturismo Valcelle (SI)
on 9th and 10th May 2019

Mixed and mastered by Griffin Alan Rodriguez at Fonterossa (SI)
in July and August 2019

Graphics and artwork by Marta Viviani

Produced by BlueRing and Aut Records

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Aut Records is a record label dedicated to experimental and research music. We are trying to describe a musical environment that cannot be assigned to a particular genre, and is removed from any specific musical language.

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